On the afternoon of Monday, January 28, 2019, police in St. Louis, Missouri, were called to the Walnut Park East neighborhood following reports of a shooting. Officers arrived at the scene in the 5200 block of Davison Avenue around 2:00 p.m., where they discovered a male victim who had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the location shortly after their arrival.
The following day, authorities publicly identified the victim as 20-year-old Harry Gabriel
Young. Investigators determined that he had been shot to death, but the initial inquiry did not immediately reveal the circumstances leading up to the violence. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department began an investigation into the homicide, seeking leads from the community to piece together the events of that afternoon.
At the time of the initial reports, law enforcement officials stated that they did not have any suspects in custody regarding the shooting. No descriptions of potential perpetrators were released, and detectives urged anyone with information to contact CrimeStoppers. Public records and available reports do not indicate that any subsequent arrests, charges, or convictions have been made in connection with the death of Harry Gabriel Young.
